biv·ou·ac (b v  - k , bvwk)n. A temporary encampment often in an unsheltered area. intr.v. biv·ou·acked, biv·ou·ack·ing, biv·ou·acs also biv·ou·acks To camp in a bivouac. [French, from German dialectal beiwacht, supplementary night watch : bei-, beside (from Middle High German bi-, from Old High German; see ambhi in Indo-European roots) + Wacht, watch, vigil (from Middle High German wahte, from Old High German wahta; see weg- in Indo-European roots).] |
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| Noun | 1. |  bivouacking - the act of encamping and living in tents in a campinhabitancy, inhabitation, habitation - the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men); "he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony" |
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